Dressed Naked

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. (2Corinthians 5: 2 – 4)

I want us to look at dressing, but in a different way.

However, we will look at convention to get the lesson.

What do you understand by the attire of a harlot when you see it in the Bible?

How does a whoremonger identify a harlot?

Do you realise that the attire of a harlot does not mean nakedness?

How did Judah know that Tamar was a harlot yet she was veiled?

Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions? (Song 1:7 WEB)

This actually tells us that harlots’ distinctive dress may have been a hijab, the kind of dress Muslim women wear.

That complete covering was the cover for immorality. It was the invitation to immorality.

The attire of a harlot is dependent on the cultural dress. But it is very clear to customers.

You might go to a place and think you are dealing with very devout people and a whoremonger will immediately be able to access those services because that is his way of life, or escape for those who want to be devout on familiar ground as I got to know when I worked in the media and in places people think nobody knows them.

A harlot is not described simply by their physical dress, though dress plays a pivotal role in their identification.

But a harlot represents nakedness since sin makes one naked. Or why do you think people blush and not grin when they are found out in sin. It is the same reason Adam hid after sinning.

The sex act is treated as nakedness in the Bible. Just look at Leviticus 18 among other similar scriptures.

It means that the attire of a harlot is spiritually speaking the kind of attire that will draw someone into nakedness, however well covered one is.

What then does our initial verse mean?

It means that we should be careful to ensure that our dress does what God intended for it to do, cover our nakedness, which is the opposite of what a harlot’s dress does. But it also takes us to the spiritual realm aspect of dress.

Our verse is talking about our spiritual coverdness.

You see, the spiritual realm can accurately see the state of our spirits. It can accurately assess how dressed or naked we are in the spiritual realm.

Look at this verse

For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, (2Timothy 3:6)

False teachers do not hunt for prey. They look for silly women leaning towards sin.

In short, those women are spiritually naked though they may be called pastors or possess big religious titles.

Their spiritual dress is actually naked, the attire of a harlot in the spirit.

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. (1Corinthians 11:10)

This clearly speaks of the spiritual realm.

An unsubmissive woman, for example, is spiritually naked and completely exposed to deception.

Allow me to leave it here so that you may reflect

I may develop it farther if God allows me.

Treat this as an eye opener. Throw the verses if you feel I am not scriptural. But only scripture.